RT Book
T1 Beyond immanence: the theological vision of Kierkegaard and Barth
T2 Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker
A1 Torrance, Alan J. 1956-
A1 Torrance, Andrew
LA English
PP Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB Willim B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1848581939
AB "An exploration of Søren Kierkegaard's influence on Karl Barth's theology"--
AB "Critical insights into Kierkegaard's influence on Barth's theology. Karl Barth was often critical of Søren Kierkegaard's ideas as he understood them. But close reading of the two corpora reveals that Barth owes a lot to the melancholy Dane. Both conceive of God as infinitely qualitatively different from humans, and both emphasize the shocking nearness of God in the incarnation. As public intellectuals, they used this theological vision to protect Christocentric faith from political manipulation and compromise. For Kierkegaard, this meant criticizing the state church; for Barth, this entailed resisting Nazism. Meticulously crafted by a father-son team of renowned systematic theologians, Beyond Immanence demonstrates that Kierkegaard and Barth share a theological trajectory-one that resists cynical manipulation of Christianity for political purposes in favor of uncompromising devotion to a God who is radically transcendent yet established kinship with humanity in time"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BT124
SN 9780802868039
K1 Kierkegaard, Søren : 1813-1855
K1 Barth, Karl : 1886-1968
K1 Immanence of God
K1 Transcendence of God
K1 RELIGION / Christian Theology / History
K1 PHILOSOPHY / Religious